What it is

Motion following an urgent interpellation on the measures to be adopted to ensure the financial balance of the Social Security system.

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a motion. It was introduced on 22 March 2018. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Socialista.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 173/000085· updated 11 Nov

We do not have a summary of this text yet, so we do not tell you what it changes: only what the official page says. Read the official page

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

Introduced22 March 2018Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
Admitted2 April 2018The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
Amendmentsno dateGroups propose changes.
Committeeno dateA committee goes through the text in detail.
Plenary2 April 2018All 350 deputies vote.
Senateno dateThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
BOE12 April 2018It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.

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12 April 2018

How did the plenary vote?

More votes in favour 174 yes · 130 no · 33 abst.

Voted on: Motion following an urgent interpellation by the Socialist Parliamentary Group, on the measures to be adopted to ensure the financial balance of the Social Security system. Voted in the terms of the transitory amendment submitted by the Socialist, Confederal of Unidos Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea, Esquerra Republicana and Mixed Parliamentary Groups.

Source: Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 of sitting 110· updated 10 Nov

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Your province

How did the deputies from your province vote?

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More details: how each group and each province voted

The groups

Who voted in favour and who against?

In favour, most of Socialista, Vasco (EAJ-PNV), Mixto, Gcup-ec-em and GER. Against, most of Popular en el Congreso. 2 deputies voted differently from their group.

By province: in 20 most voted in favour; in 15, against.

Coloured by how most of each province’s deputies voted.

In favour: 20
Against: 15
Tie: 17

Result by parliamentary group
Group	Seats	How it voted
Socialista	84	80 in favour · 1 abst. · 3 did not vote
Vasco (EAJ-PNV)	5	5 in favour
Mixto	19	16 in favour · 1 against · 2 did not vote
Ciudadanos	32	32 abst.
Gcup-ec-em	67	64 in favour · 3 did not vote
GER	9	9 in favour
Popular en el Congreso	134	129 against · 5 did not vote

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

Congreso de los Diputados, file 173/000085
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.

Retrieved 11 November 2026
Congreso de los Diputados, vote 6 of sitting 110
The count and every seat’s vote.

Retrieved 10 November 2026

The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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Motion following an urgent interpellation on the measures to be adopted to ensure the financial balance of the Social Security system. Automatic translation · See the Spanish original